Humidifier



Jul 18, 1933. J. N. YouNEss HUMIDIFIER Q m m 7 a w t %2 m 6 d 9 4 m 4 f a F fi 7 4 a H m 2 2 6 J, j

j amss I M /M Patented July A25 mat copera 1 i system 5 'A further'object o1": the'invention, is to proi 40 various rooms inadequate quantities to maintain the proper degree oi moisture; 111 they i 301m- 1 1'. youunss o s ioonniiinus,Wisconsin r i i numb Applicationifiled October 26,

9 pliedto and heated :by the; steam radiator or other heat distributing element in thefheat ingsysteln but the use of such Water pans or" through a dwellingihouseor other building S ng; the improved" humidifier. off-th present invention ap'plied tojthe sinol;eflue.;i 5" 4 "receptacles is unsatisfactory bQCaUS Q IQfIlJhG necessity of refilling them at frequent 1nter- V 'vals andbecause oftheir large initial cost :arising tron] thenecessityof placing one such pan or receptacle in eachroom. Attempts have been madeto distribute water vapor'to rooms through hot air. fines leading from i the c ...20 furnace but this method has been unsatisfac tory becauseit is limited to use hot air 7 furnaces only and, because the device's in-. i

j tended for suchvuse have'been f limited cation Without refilling, y i

The principal object of the present inven-- tionis to provide an improvedlhumidifier according :to Whichthehumidifier is located inthe basementand heated by thefu'r nace with the yapor developedtherebybeing distributed throughjthe individual rooms of i the diyellin g or. otheribuilding independently (of thelheatingisystem thus making'the invention applicable. tofurnaces of any type,

.yide a huinidifier adapted to-be' heatedby'lthe flue gases discharged from the, furnace and [having a large: vaporizing capacity soflthat vapor maybe continuously supplied to the air. Another object of'th' invention is to provide a humidifier haying a smoke flue sing therethrough and. entirely surround ed by thewater ch'ambersofthat a relatively- 1 large Vaporizingcapacit y is obtained'a's conipared ithother formsof humidifiers hereltofore known. Still anotherobject of thein-j vention istoprovi de tin-improved humidifier j comprisingimproyed means "f r aintaim ty and have not been' capable of auto y 1931 Serial No. 571,-i5 ij" inga circulation of. air and yap rfgthere-L through and improyed means for automati Y v,cally maintaining predetermined" quantity of Water therein;- Othenfobjcts relatel ltoafter.

The nature I i I stood from the followingspecification taken With the 21001111? anying drawing, whichonei'fiq embodimentisillustrated. In the drawing; Flg. 1 shows a partial vertical isectio-n" leading from the furnace in theb'asement and;

therefrom' to.they'ariousrooms'; to Fig. 2 shoufsan enlarged longitudinal yer-' tical.v section throu Fig. 3' shows an end Veleyation of the-device, illustrated in As illustratedin the =drawi1i ing'havingla basement lOt ro ided with a 1 floor 11 upon which is mounted the fu rrnace- 1 12of the heating system which the buildingisheatedl This furnaf'ce may be adapted to heat the buildingby the distribution?012 '7 I i steam orfwater VELPOIQI' hot airbut hasbeen '7 representedfas; a hot air furnace haVi-nghot .7 air tlues 113 leading therefrom. These flues lead to the vari ous;roomsoffthe building," i

in: the Well known manner, but theinconnecw g tionsto the rooms have not beenillustratedin] the drawing. The floor 14 "of the firststory of the building constitutes thebeilingofthe f lGELSGlIlGIlIL andtheiregion iabo-ve this-flooriis j f I dividedinto anuinb'er of rooms-15, 16; 17 byg- QO 7 3 the partition Walls 1.8 and lQ. The floorv 20 -i i y of the secondstory is located in proximity to p theceilings 20 of therooms 1G and-17iand 5 another partition, QIdivides thesp 'aceof the 1 p second fioofr into rooms same 23, v Aichim f ney 24 extends upwardly fromthe basement 5 .floforl'l'and serves to carry the flue ga scs ifron' thefurnace;

pipe of circular 1 g I g,theinyention I 2' is installed in a dwelling house orother'buildmfif j llxtheiform of m l cros ection I 9 1 ql ater'is admitted to raise the level in the vessel-and thereby closethc valve. @The level of the Water 1n the YGSSBllS preven'ted from furnace 12 to the chimney 24 and "theflue I "gasesjpassing through this flue 25 are utilized "for, heating the Water in thehumidifier and vaporizing t. I The humidifier comprises a I metallic vess'el' 26 hav ng a-bottoinyvall 6,

end Walls 26", side Walls 26 and a top Wall 264,:form1i1ga closed chamber except for the passages leading theretc" and Z therefrom, as p hereinafter describedfl The end. Walls. 26. of m thls vesselgare prov dedjnear. their upper edges With pro ectmg "braclr'ets' 2? which are Welded-or otherwise securedthereto Which'are adapted to be connected to rods tion of theflue' h-ich' forms a part of the a ,1 vessel-26 is in the town of an elbow, extending "upWardl y tine-ugh thcil'iottoinj all of tho 4 "vessel as shown at 25 and turning angu- :larly toward theright as shown 1 ainclinc d downiva rd'lyat '2'? cee'di ng horizontally throi Walls 26 as shown at 25 thefshiOhflue causes t low an irregular path 'tl so that they i-mpingeupon the were "of themetallic flue iandymore thoroug v I ciently heat the Water '30 hich occupies the vessel 10 around the hi The elbow shaped portion 25? of this flue which hes Within the vessel has a fiuid tight conne ti-on withjth-e Walls 26' and 26 a d projects s-l litlybeyondthese alls for-connection with the 'communicating-portlons of the flue ater-30in the vessel 2-6 1s'supplied through r a cold Water pipefll leading from thesuppzly I mains. Th s pipfi lhayihave a manually op-' flow of water may heIp-ositivel hut oil when des1red, but, during the normaloperation o? the apparatus; this valve 32 is open and the" dischar e of Water into the "Vessel c2'6'is cone," trolled Ioya float-operated valve 83 which is mounted in one of the end Walls 26? to con-f trol the dischargeof water throughthe mouth ..ofthepipeBl; This valve 33has a stem which is operated by a'lever 33" pivoted on a bracket 33. This'lever: arm 33" is connected 7 tof a comparatively long arm 33 upon] WllIClI lS mounted thenfioa't 3 4;. WVhen the upper surface30"" of the ater falls below a predetermined level, thev the dropping of the float 3% so that additional rising to an undueextent by an overflow pipe nected in at the float valve'33 the Vessel is provided With atransverse division Wall 37 Which is conhiselboiv shape 0 flue gases to toll h the humidifier tomatically carri'ed upwardly as it-Ti-s du'ced by the evaporation of'the. Water. 3 p the entire vapor; supply dfli's- I "chargedythrough the conduit 42 may; ifdei The erated valve 32-conuected. therein so; that the for any room When We 83 is opened hv ent passages to different rooms" of ajbuilding' 325 which leads through one end Wall, 26" and,

- a i 9 18 ,365" f float valve is ordinarily-adjusted to mainta n the normal level of theQWater in the vessel '7 just 'below that at which it will flowf out through the pipe 35. "A drain cook 41 he bottom of the vessel 26 permits the Water to be drained is closed and the appa-L'a us is not inuse;

ifvvhcn the valve Adjacent the end of 'theivessel 26 opposite v nected to the adjacent *end Wall 26" and to the side Walls26 to form a partition between the; water chamber and the passage 38'. I through Which cold air is admittedto the vaporspace- 39 located above the surfacejof the water 30y Cold 'a'ir is admitted to the passage 38 through a pipe -40- Which leads upwardly from the regionof the "floor! 11 of the basement andextendsthrough the end" 'wall of the-vessel adjacent the bottom of the' 'd ivisi onwal l 37. The a-i'rpassing into the vessel '26; through the pipe I 40' mingles with e the vapor in the'vapor space 39' arising from the surface of the Water. 30 Which is heated by" the flue gases passing throughthe-flue 25 andthis'mixtureof air and vapor is then carried upwardly througha d ischaigecon Y s du-i-t 42- having communicationfwith the vapor" space 39;through the topwa'fl l '26---ofithe vessel at the endthereof opposite the pipeAO; e In thi s-.way, a natural draft is created through the humid" eran-df the vapor is an prosired, be delivered into a singleproo'mof the i building, it is ordinarily desirable to connect the conduit 4:2"tocommunicate 'With -a vp'luf rality of branch conduits 43, and the like,

which extend iupwardly 'and" deliver vapors Y extends upwardly through the partitions 19V and 21 and through'thefloor and" delivers rooms 16,17,22 and 23'. In this;vvay, the idelive ry of vapor tothedifferent rooms of the hui'l'ding'is independent of thefheat supplied" 3 it to those rooms and may he madeto operate I the heat'supply to that room is sh'utofl'l 7' It win be apparent that" the device for the present invent on not only has'the advan tage of delivering vapor through in-dcpend- V independentlyof the supplyof heat to those rooms but that it also has-the ad'vantage oi opierating automatically without the necessity of refilling and thatit has a large vaporizing vapor through fittings 46iandf4t7 into the '1'15 v capacity- (due to the novelfarrangement of' the waterchamber and the smoke flue in such a way that the flue is entirely'surrounded by the water and projects into the water vention is capable of being constructed-at a distribute vapor to a variety of, places 10- a scope of the relatively "small cost and it may be readily installed in connection with any furnace'to cated at various distances from the humidi Although been shown and' described by way of illustration, it will be understood thatitmay be constructed in various otherforms within the appendedycl'aims. H V V I I claim:

1. The combination with a furnace having a smoke flue, of a vesselhavinga water chamber, a section of said flue passing through" said vessel and through said waterfchamber, said vessel having a vapor space above and open to thewater chamber, a vapor conduit" communicating with said-vapor space, and a cold air pipe having an inlet belowithe level of said water and discharging into said vapor space, below the top of said water chamber.

a smoke flue, of a vessel having a water chamt 2. The combinationwith a furnace having ber, an auxiliary smokeflne communicating chamber, and a'vapor conduitcommunicating with said vapor space.

3; The "combination Wlth'it having a smoke flue, of a, vessel having a water chamber, an auxiliary smoke flue'comm unieating With said' smoke flue at its en'dsw'ith the inlet thereof located in the bottom of,

said chamber and theoutlet thereof located in one vertical wall of said chamber, said auxiliary flue having an'intermediate portion thereof within said water chamber located at a higher level, than its outlet from said chambeiyand a vapor conduit commu-i' nicating with the upper part of said vessel above said water chamber.

4. The combination in'a humidlfier, of: a} vessel, a smoke flue. extending through the lower portion of said vessel, saidvessel having a water chamber surrounding said smoke flue, means for maintaining a predetermined level of water in said vessel, a division wall extending transversely of said, vessel at one end' of saidwater chamber to form a cold air V one form of the inventionhas passage below the top of a smoke flue, of a vessel, anauxiliary smoke flue communicating"with said smoke flue at' its ends with the inlet end thereofexetending upwardly through, the bottom of. said :ves-

sel and the outlet end; thereof xtending V through-one vertical wajllof said vessel with u intermediate portions-thereof-forming an e14 bow having a partlocated at "a, higher level i p than'th'e outlet of said auxiliary flue from saidvessel, said vesselfhaving a wate'r 'chamf water in said'chamber, a vapor conduit c0m}- ber surroundin'gv said auxiliary flueand hav i I ingwa vapor space aboveandopen to said municatingtwith said vapor space, anda'cold air condultlead ng nto saidivessel above" said auxiliaryflue and communicatingwith r,

said VaPor. Space below the: 0p Of Said Water" 6 The; combination in a humidifier, of a vessel, a smoke flue extending: through the f v lower portion of said vessel, said vesselhafv-f 11 a ing a water chamber surrounding said smoke p flue anda vapor space above'and opento-said 1 a v water-chamber, adivision wall inclined up wardly and inwardly ifrom an' end fwall of with said smoke flue at its ends with the inle'tlf ch amber.

said vessel above saidsmoke flue to form a passage 'commun catlng w1th said vapor space, a vapor conduit communicating with said vapor space, and a cold air inlet pipe communicating 'With'saidpassage' through 3' theendwallof said vessel.

portionthereofforming a water'chambenan I The combination witha furnace .a smoke flue, of a vessel ofvoblong rectangu j v lar; horizontal cross-section having'the lower mounted in said vesselto:be;surrounded by] and havlngits outlet through the end'walk i 'at a higher level'than said 'outlet, said vessel i having a vapor space in the upper portion; thereof above and opento said water cham-v 1 V I her, a vapor conduit communicating with- 1w: said vapor spaceadjacent one end of said vesi sel, and a coldair inlet-leading through the of said chamber at the. opposite end ofsa'id vessel with anintermediate portion thereof the water in said chamber, saidauxiliary fluef I having its inlet through the bottom wall of: said chamber adjacent ;oneend of said vessel endwallof said vessel opposite sa iclvapor' conduit ata' point below the topof said-water:

chamber. 

